HUMAN 1A Lecture 7: Week 7, HUMAN 1A
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Slavery is the most extreme form of human properties. Volney is not the guy"s real last name, self consciously, travelled to the mid. East, active in the french revolution, imprisoned when revolution took a more extreme turn, travelled to the us from 1795-1797, met with thomas jefferson to translate the books of ruins. Volney argued that religious disunity was the biggest reason that the human race wasn"t united. The book came out in 1791, from 15- on. 1774: louis xvi ascends to throne and financial crisis ensues. 1795: directory established against radical behind terror. 1798: napoleon leads french army in egypt. 1799: napoleon becomes first consul in coup. Palmyra was a set of ruins in syria. Volney realized that old civilizations that relied on commerce all fell, and. England, france, and holland were the main empires. Use your reason to read these ruins and to learn from them. Volney says the egyptians were originally black africans.
